Seems like 'mahat' (mahat-tattva[sp?]: the great principle)
also means 'intellect':
1 mahat mfn. (orig. pr. p. of 1. %{mah} ; strong form , %{mahAnt} f. %
{mahatI4} ; in ep. often %{mahat} for %{mahAntam} ; ibc. mostly %
{mahA} q.v.) great (in space , time , quantity or degree)
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(rarely n. scil. %{tattva}) , `" the great principle "'N. of Buddhi ,
`" Intellect "' , or the intellectual principle (according to the
Sa1m2khya philosophy the second of the 23 principles produced from
Prakr2iti and so called as the {great} source of Aham2ka1ra , `" self-
consciousness "' , and Manas , `" the mind "' ; cf. IW. 83 , 91 &c.)
The beginning of the relevant suutra goes like this:
sattva-rajas-tamasaaM saamyaavasthaa prkRtiH prakRter mahaan
mahato 'haMkaaro (sandhi for mahataH + ahaMkaaraH).... the "sameness-
condition" (saamya-ava_sthaa) of sattva, rajas and tamas (is)
prakriti, from prakriti (is born?) mahat (sandhi and stuff: mahaan),
from mahat ahaMkaara (ego)...
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